Toilet-comb.



No. 766,480. PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904. W. WINANS.

TOILET COMB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

ww W Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WVALTER WVINANS, OF ASHFORD, ENGLAND.

TOILET-COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,480, dated August 2, 1904.

Application filed March 16, 1904.

To all whom it vnay concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER WVINANs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Surrenden Park, Pluckley, Ashford, in the county of Kent, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Relating to Toilet-Combs, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference to toiletcombs, particularly those used for combing the mustache, and has for its object to provide for drawing together the hairs into a small compass instead of separating them and leaving them spread out, as they are likely to remain after the use of a comb of the ordinary construction. I

The teeth of an ordinary comb are arranged parallel one to another; but according to my invention I make the teeth inclining toward a central point, so that they are nearer together at their bases than at their points.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown in side View at Figure l asmall mustache-comb embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 shows a somewhat larger comb suitable for retaining ladies hair.

a is the comb, having the teeth on one side of Serial No. 198,328. (No model) a central point 6 inclined toward the right, as at 0, while on the opposite side of the point I) the teeth are inclined to the left.

In use the mustache-comb is drawn through the mustache in the direction the hair is required to lie, and the hairs are brought close together by turning the comb so that the bases of the teeth, which approximate most closely, are brought into action more than the points.

The ladys retaining-comb acts similarly by drawing closely together the hairs more or less separated when first touched by the points of the teeth.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A toilet-comb having its teeth inclined outwardly upon both sides of a certain point thereon for drawing the hairs engaged by the points of the teeth more closely together as the comb is passed through the hair.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVALTER W'INANS.

Witnesses:

H. D. JAMESON, A. NUTTING. 

